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Dr Shakuntala Thilsted

2022-03-30

Shakuntala Thilsted is the Director for Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform, CGIAR. In 2021, she was awarded the World Food Prize for her research in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquatic food systems. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS), and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub.

All contributions by Dr Shakuntala Thilsted

People are harvesting seaweed in a rural aquatic landscape with wooden stakes protruding from the water. | © GIZ

Diversity Is the Fundamental Principle to Use

An Interview with Shakuntala Thilsted

A conversation with aquatic researcher Shakuntala Thilsted on the long-neglected nutrition benefits of aquatic diets and the empowering qualities of a sustainable aqua-food systems transformation.

Fishermen in Bangladesh skillfully handle large fishing nets under a clear sky. | © GIZ Ranak Martin

A Menu of Solutions

A Conversation with Shakuntala Thilsted & Andreas Schaumayer

On the sidelines of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC 2025), Andreas Schaumayer, Head of Division at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and Shakuntala Thilsted, Senior Nutrition Expert at CGIAR, discussed the crucial role of aquatic foods in nutrition, livelihoods, and climate resilience.

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